[Upd-discuss] Opening Doors and Smashing Windows: Alternative Measures for Funding Software Development

[robert weissman]

The Center for Economic and Policy Research has just released the paper,
"Opening Doors and Smashing Windows: Alternative Measures for Funding
Software Development" by Dean Baker, CEPR economist and Co-Director.

This paper examines the ways in which copyrights and patents (intellectual
property rights) lead to inefficiency and waste, and outlines alternative
mechanisms for supporting software development.

The paper can be accessed at:
http://www.cepr.net/publications/windows_2005_10.pdf.

Kathryn Bogel
E-mail: bogel@cepr.net
Center for Economic and Policy Research
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Washington, DC 20009
Phone (202) 293-5380 x111
Fax (202) 588-1356
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